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Auction: 22026 - Stamps and Covers of Asia featuring the Peter Cockburn FRPSL Collection of Malaya B.M.A.
Lot: 49

(x) China
Chinese Imperial Post
1897 (May) Dowager Empress, Second Printing, Large Figures surcharge, wide spaced ½c. on 3ca. to 30c. on 24ca. set of nine in blocks of four, ½c. on 3ca, 10c. on 12ca. and 30c. on 24ca. with sheet margin, part to large part original gum, a few light gum tones though stamps with good colours and generally fine. A very rare set in blocks of four. S.G. 57-65, Chan 56-64. Photo

Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Sold for
£8,000

Starting price
£5500